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All results from a given calculation for HCOOH (Formic acid)

using model chemistry: QCISD/TZVP

19 10 17 12 22

States and conformations

State Conformation minimum conformation conformer description state description
1 1 yes CS 1A'
1 2 no CS 1A'

Conformer 1 (CS)

Jump to S1C2
Energy calculated at QCISD/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.381120
Energy at 298.15K-189.383848
HF Energy-188.835190
Nuclear repulsion energy70.214450
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at QCISD/TZVP
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3802 3632 58.39      
2 A' 3132 2992 41.69      
3 A' 1840 1758 345.31      
4 A' 1456 1391 3.73      
5 A' 1340 1280 8.13      
6 A' 1151 1100 268.52      
7 A' 644 615 46.89      
8 A" 1067 1019 1.14      
9 A" 665 635 160.87      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7547.7 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7210.3 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD/TZVP
ABC
2.59457 0.40218 0.34820

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.423 0.000
O2 -1.031 -0.443 0.000
O3 1.159 0.111 0.000
H4 -0.376 1.449 0.000
H5 -0.648 -1.332 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.34601.20011.09331.8707
O21.34602.25902.00220.9682
O31.20012.25902.03622.3130
H41.09332.00222.03622.7947
H51.87070.96822.31302.7947

picture of Formic acid state 1 conformation 1
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H5 106.731 O2 C1 O3 124.953
O2 C1 H4 109.903 O3 C1 H4 125.143
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability

Conformer 2 (CS)

Jump to S1C1
Energy calculated at QCISD/TZVP
 hartrees
Energy at 0K-189.373515
Energy at 298.15K 
HF Energy-188.826451
Nuclear repulsion energy69.976525
The energy at 298.15K was derived from the energy at 0K and an integrated heat capacity that used the calculated vibrational frequencies.
Vibrational Frequencies calculated at QCISD/TZVP
Mode Number Symmetry Frequency
(cm-1)
Scaled Frequency
(cm-1)
IR Intensities
(km mol-1)
Raman Act
4/u)
Dep P Dep U
1 A' 3856 3684 57.18      
2 A' 3038 2902 76.95      
3 A' 1881 1797 277.59      
4 A' 1473 1407 0.57      
5 A' 1312 1253 308.36      
6 A' 1127 1076 61.42      
7 A' 670 640 12.06      
8 A" 1049 1002 0.50      
9 A" 496 473 99.26      

Unscaled Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7450.5 cm-1
Scaled (by 0.9553) Zero Point Vibrational Energy (zpe) 7117.5 cm-1
See section III.C.1 List or set vibrational scaling factors to change the scale factors used here.
See section III.C.2 Calculate a vibrational scaling factor for a given set of molecules to determine the least squares best scaling factor.
Rotational Constants (cm-1) from geometry optimized at QCISD/TZVP
ABC
2.89966 0.38958 0.34344

See section I.F.4 to change rotational constant units
Geometric Data calculated at QCISD/TZVP

Point Group is Cs

Cartesians (Å)
Atom x (Å) y (Å) z (Å)
C1 0.000 0.386 0.000
O2 -0.898 -0.627 0.000
O3 1.179 0.196 0.000
H4 -0.460 1.385 0.000
H5 -1.786 -0.253 0.000

Atom - Atom Distances (Å)
  C1 O2 O3 H4 H5
C11.35321.19361.10051.8965
O21.35322.23352.05930.9636
O31.19362.23352.02462.9981
H41.10052.05932.02462.1072
H51.89650.96362.99812.1072

picture of Formic acid state 1 conformation 2
More geometry information
Calculated Bond Angles
atom1 atom2 atom3 angle atom1 atom2 atom3 angle
C1 O2 H5 108.714 O2 C1 O3 122.439
O2 C1 H4 113.719 O3 C1 H4 123.842
Electronic energy levels
Charges, Dipole, Quadrupole and Polarizability